in the automated process of chopping up albums to sell on iTunes, tracks of silence, meant for space between songs, have inspired Jack Miller of As the Apple Turns to collect such tracks into a special playlist.

Several were from an album by the hip-hop group Slum Village, and like all of the album's tracks, they bore an "explicit" label indicating profanity - or in these cases, explicit silence.

Using the readers' suggestions, Mr. Miller compiled a playlist of "nine tracks of professionally encoded silence, a total of 6 minutes and 44 seconds of the yawning void," downloadable from iTunes for just $8.91. He noted that as with all iTunes purchases, antipiracy measures allow the silence to be enjoyed on no more than three computers.

— via this nytimes article by David Gallagher